A/N: A small fic, sort of Ai x Conany...my first try at writing her as one of the main characters in my stories, as well as another try at using Japanese names and stuff. I've watched 400 episodes and all the movies aside from movie 14, so I should know a lot, right? XD Well, we'll see...and its not really AixConan romance...they're just pretty much the main characters.
Disclaimer: I'm not Gosho Aoyama, so Detective Conan is not mine.
Little Secret
Edogawa Conan was walking to the detective agency with Haibara Ai at his side. They'd just gotten out of school, and the Detective Boys were going camping this weekend, so Conan was spending the night and that way they could leave early in the morning. Ai came with Conan while he got his things, though Conan was sure it was for amusement or some other reason that she was tagging along. The rest of them were too staying over at Hakase's too. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko, all now ten years old, along with Conan and Ai.
Two years had passed since Kudou Shinichi had become Edogawa Conan. Two years, and after several tries of a temporary antidote, there was still no permanent cure to the APTX-4869. Conan was beginning to look more and more like Shinichi everday, and Ran was getting more and more suspicious as time went on. He didn't know how much longer he would be able to hide it from her.
Little did he know that he wouldn't have to for much longer.
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"Tadaima!" (I'm home)
"Welcome back, Conan-kun!" Ran's cheerful voice exclaimed as she walked into the main room. "And Ai-chan's here too." She smiled. Without the Shonen Tantei-don (Detective Boys, correct me if I'm wrong) with them, they looked like such a cute little kid couple. But, if Conan were actually Shinichi...
"We're going camping with Agasa-hakase," Ai said as Conan went into the room he shared with Kogoro. "Edogawa-kun's just packing his things."
"You're leaving tonight?" she asked surprised. Ai shook her head.
"We're leaving tomorrow. But everyone is staying over at his place tonight."
"Souka (I see)," said Ran with a little smile. "Well, I hope you all have fun. And make sure Conan-kun doesn't get into too much trouble, okay, Ai-chan?"
"Oh, don't worry, I will," Ai said sweetly as she walked over to his room to see what was taking so long.
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"Are you ready, Edogawa-kun?"
"Give me another minute, Haibara. Mou... (Geez)"
Ai merely sighed to herself and watched Conan pack. The door was closed, but she still spoke quietly. "She's not suspicious, is she?"
"Even more so now," Shinichi sighed, finishing packing his things, then looked right at her. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this up, Haibara."
"You can't tell her anything. It's too dangerous, you know that," Ai said as she walked over, looking him right in the eye. "You do know that, right?"
He sighed once more and nodded. "I know, Haibara."
"Well then... ready to go camping, Kudo-kun?" she asked so suddenly making him blink. She'd immediately changed the subject.
He shrugged. "As ready as I'll ever be," he said not too excitedly and she let out a small laugh. The two walked towards the door, which Ran moved away from and sneaked into the kitchen, leaning against a wall with her eyes wide, hoping she wouldn't get caught.
Shinichi...
"Ja ne, Ran-neechan!" called Conan from the door. Quickly putting on a fake smile, she peaked her head out and waved to him.
"Ja ne, Conan-kun, Ai-chan! Be careful!"
Ai's words kept ringing through Ran's head once they left. "You can't tell her anything. It's too dangerous, you know that." and his.. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this up, Haibara..."
"Shinichi..." she whispered, tears falling from her eyes.
A/N: I'm not sure if Conan and Ai would talk about it like that at the agency, but they were in his room and the door was /closed/...and it was the only way I could see this working out. x.x One more chapter to go!
By the way, does anyone know a place where I can at least watch Movie 14 RAW? I've seen enough teasers already. XD You can send me a link via e-mail since FF doesn't allow them...sadly. My e-mail is in my profile. Use the Kagome one.
